Arkansas edges No. 20 Michigan

Hunter Mickelson and Rickey Scott each contributed 11 points for the
Razorbacks (14-5), who have won 12 straight in Fayetteville.

Zack Novak had 17 points and eight rebounds to pace Michigan (15-5), which
came out flat after edging No. 9 Michigan State on Tuesday.

Arkansas, which never trailed Saturday, built a 20-point lead in the first
half, but it was trimmed to two at 62-60 with less than four minutes remaining
when Trey Burke and Novak drained consecutive three-pointers.

With under a minute remaining, Young fed Mickelson inside for a layup and
66-62 Arkansas lead. Burke responded with a layup for the Wolverines with 24.1
seconds left.

Young and Julysses Nobles then both missed the front end of a 1-and-1, but the
Razorbacks escaped with the win after Burke's last-second three-point attempt
rolled around the rim and out.

"I really thought that was the quickest team we played and it took us a while
to get adjusted," said Wolverines head coach John Beilein. "Once we did, we
played a pretty good game, but the early lead hurt us."

Game Notes

These teams have split six all-time meetings. Arkansas and Michigan last
played in the semifinals of the 1997 NIT...Arkansas improved to 18-19 against
current members of the Big Ten...Jordan Morgan had 16 points for the
Wolverines...Burke scored 13 points -- on 6-of-19 shooting -- to go along with
seven rebounds and six assists.